Lower incidence of adjacent segment degeneration after anterior cervical fusion found with those fusing C5-6 and C6-7 than those leaving C5-6 or C6-7 as an adjacent level

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-29

  Komura, Shingo ^a,b   Miyamoto, Kei ^a   Hosoe, Hideo ^a   Iinuma, Nobuki ^b   Shimizu, Katsuji ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b GIFU PREFECTURAL GIFU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adjacent disc degeneration; anterior cervical fusion; cervical spine; disc degeneration; short fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 84856709661     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e31820bb1f8     Document Type: Article

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